Arabic Literature to the End of the Umayyad Period

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Summary

The History provides an invaluable source of reference of the intellectual, literary and religious heritage of the Arabic-speaking and Islamic world.

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Editorial introduction
Maps
1. Background topics A. F. L. Beeston
2. Pre-Islamic poetry Abdulla el Tayib
3. Early Arabic prose R. B. Serjeant
4. The beginnings of Arabic prose literature: the epistolary genre J. D. Latham
5. The role of parallelism in Arabic prose A. F. L. Beeston
6. The Qur'an - I R. Paret
7. The Qur'an - II A. Jones
8. Qisas elements in the Qur'an H. T. Norris
9. Aspects of the Qur'an today Jacques Jomier
10. Hadith literature - I: the development of the science of Hadith Muhammad Abdul Rauf
11. Hadith literature - II: collection and transmission of Hadith Nabia Abbott
12. Shi'i Hadith E. Kohlberg
13. Narrative elements in the Hadith literature Sahair el Calamawy
14. European criticism of Hadith literature N. J. Coulson
15. The impact of the Qur'an and Hadith on medieval Arabic literature A. M. Zubaidi
16. The Maghazi literature J. M. B. Jones
17. The Sirah literature M. J. Kister
18. The poetry of the Sirah literature James T. Monroe
19. Fables and legends in pre-Islamic and early Islamic times H. T. Norris
20. Umayyad poetry Salma K. Jayyusi
21. Music and verse O. Wright
22. The Greek impact on Arabic literature L. E. Goodman
23. The Persian impact on Arabic literature C. E. Bosworth
24. The Syrian impact on Arabic literature R. Y. Ebied
Appendix J. D. Pearson
Glossary
List of sources
Index.